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The third and fourth meetings of the Panel were held; Thursday, 15 January, commencing at 0900 with a two-hour break for luncheon. Besides Panel members.and CIA personnel, Mr. Ruppelt and Dr. Hynek were present for both sessions.In the morning, Mr. Ruppelt continued his briefing on ATIC collection and analysis procedures. The Project STORK support at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, was described by Dr. Hynek. A number of case histories were discussed in detail and a motion picture film of seagulls was shown. A two hour break for lunch was taken at 1200.

At 1400 hours gave a 40 minute briefing of Project TWINKLE, the investigatory project conducted by the Air Force Meteorological Research Center at Cambridge, In this briefing he pointed out the problems of setting up and manning 24-hour instrumentation watches of patrol cameras searching for sightings of U.F.O.'s.

At 1615 Brig. Gen. William M. Garland joined the meeting with AD/SI. General Garland expressed his support of the Panel's efforts and stated three personal opinions:

a. That greater use of Air Force intelligence officers in the field (for follow-up investigation) appeared desirable, but that they required thorough briefing. -4- Approved For Release 2001/08/07-CIA0RDP81R00560R000100030027-0